Summary of the 2023 (1st edition) Report of TCEP (Tracking Clean Energy Progress) by the International Energy Agency (IEA), and Proposed Process for Computing a Single Aggregate Ra... by Marzouk Osama A.

“…The IEA’s assessment results were made publicly available in the form of an online web-based report, titled “Tracking Clean Energy Progress”, or TCEP, which was published on 12/July/2023. …”
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Le corps féminin à Casablanca : un reflet mouvant des rôles de genre ? by Leila Bouasria, Nezha Aidi

“…It is true that access to public space had led to an interest in flexibility, combined with injunction to tone down an exuberant image. …”
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Shadi Park Renovation with Social Development Emphasis: A Case Study Halabja City, Iraq by Mihraban Othman Mustafa, Masoumeh Faraji, Zaniar Jamal Salih, Muhammed Saeed Rasheed

“…Shadi Park in Iraq is one of the regional urban parks; the lack of its design, as well as the wear and tear of some uses, lack of optimal lighting system and various uses by different age groups reduces the number of visits. …”
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BerryPortraits: Phenotyping Of Ripening Traits in cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon Ait.) with YOLOv8 by Jenyne Loarca, Tyr Wiesner-Hanks, Hector Lopez-Moreno, Andrew F. Maule, Michael Liou, Maria Alejandra Torres-Meraz, Luis Diaz-Garcia, Jennifer Johnson-Cicalese, Jeffrey Neyhart, James Polashock, Gina M. Sideli, Christopher F. Strock, Craig T. Beil, Moira J. Sheehan, Massimo Iorizzo, Amaya Atucha, Juan Zalapa

“…Utilizing the YOLOv8 framework and community-developed, actively-maintained Python libraries such as OpenCV, BerryPortraits software was trained on 512 postharvest images (taken under controlled lighting conditions) of phenotypically diverse cranberry populations (Vaccinium macrocarpon Ait.) from the two largest public cranberry breeding programs in the U.S. …”
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Design and implementation of a solar powered kit for measurement and logging of environmental parameters using the SEN55 sensor by J. Nchi Muhvu, M.D. Fendji, C.M. Ekengoue

“…Investigations highlighted the severe air pollution caused by traditional lighting sources such as kerosene lamps and candles. …”
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UPL-SLAM: Unconstrained RGB-D SLAM With Accurate Point-Line Features for Visual Perception by Xianshuai Sun, Yuming Zhao, Yabiao Wang, Zhigang Li, Zhen He, Xiaohui Wang

“…Finally, our algorithm is compared against state-of-the-art algorithms on the publicly available datasets TUM RGB-D and ICL-NUIM. …”
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INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT CHALLENGES: THE CASE OF DR KENNETH KAUNDA DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY by Gerrit VanDerWaldt

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EVALUASI ELEMEN TEKNIS RUANG BERSAMA RUSUNAWA MAHASISWA SEBAGAI HUNIAN SEHAT DI MASA PANDEMI COVID-19 by Citra Amalia Amal, Andi Annisa Amalia, Siti Fuadillah A. Amin, Rifaldi Rifaldi

“…The data analysis technique was carried out through descriptive quantitative methods by scoring the achievement of indicators of the Healthy Home Principles in the form of dry (not damp) floors and walls, a minimum window opening area of 1/9 of the floor space, openings that can be penetrated by sunlight, the availability of natural lighting and artificial lightingin the dining room area, efforts to overcome the danger of fire in the kitchen area, waterproof walls, vents, and good lighting in the bathroom. …”
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Trajectory Simulation of Emergency Vehicles and Interactions with Surrounding Traffic by Cristián E. Cortés, Bruno Stefoni

“…Emergency services play an important role in the life of a city and are subject to constant public scrutiny. The efficient dispatch of emergency vehicles (EMVs) requires realistic shortest-path algorithms involving the movement of EMVs within an urban network under emergency conditions. …”
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A dual-stream model based on PRNU and quaternion RGB for detecting fake faces. by Mohan Hua, Shuangliang Li, Jinwei Wang

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Optimizing classroom environments for visually impaired school children a scoping review protocol. by Nur Aresya Ahmad Najmee, Zainora Mohammed, Mohd Harimi Abd Rahman, Norliza Mohamad Fadzil, Arimi Fitri Mat Ludin

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Intraoperative Tracheal Obstruction Management among Patients with Anterior Mediastinal Masses by H. Kafrouni, Joelle Saroufim, Myriam Abdel Massih

“…The scope of this case report is restricted to publications in all surgical and anesthesiological specialties among adult patient population. …”
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Effect of Proximity on The Layout and Selection of Chair Types in The Coffee Shop Industry by Eulis Yulianti Faridah, Riza Septriani Dewi

“…The selection of the right type of chair will have an influence on human behavior in public spaces, therefore this research was conducted with a proximity approach. …”
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Carbon Neutrality Benefit by Developing Underground Space and Overlying Green Land: Calculation Methodology and Case Study by Haotian Zhang, Chunming Song, Yichao Geng, Zongmu Luo, Zhilong Chen

“…The model quantifies the carbon emissions of typical public buildings utilizing aboveground/underground space and assesses the carbon sink impacts of green lands. …”
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Characteristics and Outcomes of Shared Bicycle-Related Injuries from a Large Emergency Medical Centre in China, 2017–2021 by Mao Chen, Weiwei Li, Jun Ye, Gang Liu, Chaolin Huang

“…Riding in a motor vehicle lane, running red lights, and cycling against traffic flow are risk factors for fatal injury. …”
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Multiscale wildfire and smoke detection in complex drone forest environments based on YOLOv8 by Wenyu Zhu, Shanwei Niu, Jixiang Yue, Yangli Zhou

“…Additionally, in order to address the risk of false positives and missed detections caused by vegetation, terrain, and lighting changes in forests, we have introduced the AgentAttention module in the Backbone. …”
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Efficient surface crack segmentation for industrial and civil applications based on an enhanced YOLOv8 model by Zeinab F. Elsharkawy, H. Kasban, Mohammed Y. Abbass

“…The datasets contain images with cracks of various sizes, shapes, sorts, lighting situations, and orientations. Applying the suggested enhanced YOLOv8 model’s capabilities, cracks are detected and segmented successfully in the examined images. …”
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Face Recognition Method for Underground Engineering Based on Dual-Target Domain Adaptation and Discriminative Feature Learning by Yongqiang Yu, Cong Guo, Lidan Fan, Jiyun Zhang, Liwei Yu, Peitao Li

“…The poor lighting and dust in underground engineering environments often induce serious noise and motion blur to face recognition cameras, decreasing the recognition accuracy even under Near-InfraRed (NIR) mode. …”
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Is Tele-yoga Safe for Pregnant Women with First-trimester Uterine Artery Doppler Positive? A Feasibility Study by Reshma Jogdand, Satyapriya Maharana, Kasinath G Metri, B. S. Anuradha, R Nagarthan

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Assessment of the size and shape of berries using the ImageJ program on the example of honeysuckle by D. Yu. Nokhrin, L. V. Ufimtseva, N. V. Glaz

“…The berries were laid out on a white sheet of paper with a ruler on top of the glass and photographed with additional lighting from below. The analysis of the obtained images was carried out using the public domain package ImageJ (v. 1.51k) and included automatic search for objects and their measurement by 7 indicators: area, perimeter, maximum and minimum Feret diameters, aspect ratio, circularity, and surface roundness (1-Solidity). …”
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